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Revision as of 13:14, 25 November 2019

Marco Schwarz
Personal information
Born (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 29)
Villach, Carinthia, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, Giant slalom, Combined
ClubSC Bad Kleinkirchheim
World Cup debut16 November 2014
(age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams2 – (2017, 2019)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons5 – (201519)
Wins2 – (1 PS, 1 AC)
Podiums6 – (3 SL, 2 PS, 1 AC)
Overall titles0 – (34th in 2016)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in SL, 2016)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 1 2
Total 0 2 2
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team event
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Åre Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Åre Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Åre Combined

Marco Schwarz (born 16 August 1995) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Career

Schwarz competed for Austria at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the alpine skiing and won three gold medals; in the boys' combined, the parallel mixed team event, and the boys' giant slalom.

Schwarz made his World Cup debut in November 2014 at age 19. He achieved his first World Cup podium in December 2015; third place in a slalom at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, behind winner Henrik Kristoffersen and runner-up Marcel Hirscher.[1]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2015 19
2016 20 34 8 48
2017 21 61 20
2018 22 39 16 49 23
2019 23 4 4 23 2
Standings through 19 February 2019

Race podiums

  • 2 wins – (1 PS, 1 AC)
  • 6 podiums – (3 SL, 2 PS, 1 AC)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2016 22 December 2015 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 3rd
14 February 2016 Japan Naeba, Japan Slalom 3rd
2019 22 December 2018 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 2nd
1 January 2019 NorwayOslo, Norway Parallel slalom 1st
18 January 2019  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Combined 1st
19 February 2019 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 3rd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team
event
2017 21 7
2019 23 3 5 3 2

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team
event
2018 22 11 4 2

References

  1. ^ Rory Keane (22 December 2015). "Shocking moment world champion skier is almost crushed by a falling camera drone during slalom race". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 December 2015.